A guide to Airtel GPRS And Airtel GPRS Configuration Settings

I get quite a lot of mails asking about Airtel’s GPRS services and their settings, so I thought I’ll post this here.

First things, you should know that Airtel provides 3 types of GPRS services:

Airtel Live

Airtel NOP (or Net On Phone)

Airtel Mobile Office

So what’s the differences between them ?

Airtel Live – Airtel Live is the so-called “free” GPRS service. Free in the sense that there are no monthly rentals. You get access ONLY to their Airtel Live portal, where you can download some wallpapers, games, ringtones etc. Note that EXCEPT when explicitly mentioned, these downloads ARE NOT free, and will be charged. Majority of the time, Airtel Live will be activated free of cost, and people start exploring and downloading these games and then wonder why their balance has gone low. Now you know why. There have been instances (has happened to my sister) where just opening Airtel Live Portal has resulted in dwindling of balance/credit.

Airtel Net-on-Phone (or NOP) – This is my preferred way of GPRS. You have to pay a rental of Rs.5 a day for pre-paid, or RS 99 a month for post paid. There are NO charges for browsing, downloading(provided you download games, ringtones from free sites like getjar) and the speed- its reasonably okay. What makes NOP a killer is that its reasonably priced, and you get access to ALL sites. There’re couple of downsides though, such as blocking of ports – essentially this means that only Port 80 is open(so that your web browser can communicate), and most other ports are blocked – so you cannot make use of your phone’s Email client, Instant messenger etc. Other bad part is that you cannot use your Phone as a modem on this plan. Also I’ve been told that for some circles like Maharashtra, Goa, NOP has been discontinued. I hope they don’t discontinue it in Chennai circle. It’ll be huge loss for me! (Update: This plan is now cancelled.)

Airtel Mobile Office: The big daddy of GPRS services – Mobile is same as that of Net on Phone, except that it’s charged at Rs 15/day for pre-paid users. Postpaid users – I think its like Rs 650 a month for 1GB of usage – there’s no Unlimited plan(a huge deal breaker for me) (update: the tariff now is Rs/ 98 per month w/ a datacap of 2GB, anything over is something on the lines of 3op/10KB). UNLIKE the Net-on-Phone plan, all of the ports are open – so you’re free to use an application of your choice, and they’ll work fine. This plan also allows you to use your phone as a modem, for those emergency-need-to-get-online-ASAP situations.

With a little introduction, lets have a look at configuration and settings.

First, this assumes that you’ve already activated GPRS. If not, call up customer care(dial 121 from your cellphone) and ask them to activate GPRS. It should be activated within 5 minutes, and you should get the settings soon.

However for some phones the settings might not be accepted, you’ll have to enter them manually.

So in your phone, just search for a settings -> Internet/Data accounts -> Create a new account.

Enter the following details:

Name: Just give a name of your choice

Address or access point or APN: This is a critical one. The 3 services have different access points.

For Airtel Live: airtelfun.com

For Airtel Net-On-Phone(NOP): airtelwap.com

For Airtel Mobile Office: airtelgprs.com

Username: Leave it blank

Password: Leave it blank

Next search for Proxy server option, and enter the following details

Proxy server address/IP: 100.1.200.99

Proxy server Port: 8080

Do note that Proxy details are require ONLY FOR Airtel Live and Airtel NOP, Mobile Office doesn’t require any proxies.

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AirTel Mobile Office is really a strange service as per rate is concern.
In Kolkata its Rs. 498/- (pre-paid) for unlimited usage and speeds are pretty good with around 20 to 25 kilo bites per seconds with any EDGE class 32 based phone !!!
In Hariaya, its Rs. 225/- for the same plan.
In Mumbai, they pay around Rs. 15/- a day with no unlimited plan !!
The most surprising this is, that every where it comes with Free Roaming, meaning I can buy a Hariya SIM card and keep using it in Mumbai / Chennai / Kolkata or anywhere I want.
With the help of easy recharge, I can recharge it any where in India with the same amount of my circle !!
:lol:

Dear Sir,
Now facing different problem in my Sim card(AirTel Card)...
last week i was lost my mobile so i get the duplicate number from Airtel... after activation insert the card to my mobile(Nokia 6233 or Nokia 1108) its shows display for my mobile "SIM CARD UPDATE STARTED" ... after the Msg Signal is disconnected after 10 or 15 mins take for signal...
Pls help me wat we Do...
My Mail: vijay.baskar@yahoo.com
Thanks
Vijayabaskar G
9894120440

Sir,
I am actvate mobile office and net is open on my phone but whenever i connect my phone to pc net can't open.display the massage of seting requirement.mobile is sony ericsson w200i
Sir please send send me advice if any on sat3133rediffmail.com

Hi
The scene has changed a bit now.
Airtel has hiked the GPRS monthly pack charge all across the nation. i am in kerala, here it used to be 274 a month or 1999 a year, almost a year ago. They hiked it to 374 a month few months ago, and the latest announcement says, the 'next recharge of 374 will be only valid for 15 days, for 1 month GPRS, please recharge with 674 rupees'. I enquired about other circles, the situation is same, ex 999 a month in west bengal and likewise.
back in 2002-03 i used to use the airtel gprs service for free in punjab. it was officially free, not the sporadic hack methods which kept popping sometime or the other.
Now the point is, i am getting second thoughts about airtel, i used to use it as a modem and leech it to max with 24KB/s speeds, but now paying close to 1k for internet on phone - "ye baat kuchh hazam nahee hui".
KG

Hi Kumar Gautam!
Thanks for dropping by my blog! Well I see that they've made the plans more or less uniform. I remember back in 2003-2004 I used to surf for free, then they started blocking. Even then with those "hacks" I kept accessing the net. But yes now its going beyond reasonably priced. A shame I say,so much potential.
Sorry for the late reply.

Hi guys! M using airtel mobile office in Delhi (chennai sim in roaming). But my problem is that i have lost the mobile office settings send by the operator. So i can browse only from browser like opera mini..but cannot use phone browser. I need this coz i want to download softwares an the phone. So anybody please help me how to get the settings from operator? I'm using sony ericsson k800i handset. Please help..and how to activate NOP service? (Chennai sim)
Thanks.

Well sorry about that. I know quite a few people who use NOP with Opera Mini. As I've mentioned before, I myself have used NOp with Opera mini for over 3 years. Maybe Airtel has changed their plan recently.

hello,
whenever i try to download mobile office from airtel i receive the package on my mobile nokia 2600 classic, but when i try to save it, a message comes "not enough space" and th epackage vanishes. though i have emptied my mobile and it has space upto 13 MB.what shall i do?

hi..i m having nokia 6300 with BSNL postpaid connection. I have activated GPRS on this..now as i want to connect to my laptop to my mobile with GPRS to run internet..after all settings and connections it is giving error :Subscribe to PACKET DATA first…i m unable to solve it and even BSNL Customer Care is also unable to solve it…can u give me any solution

Hi I have activated my airtel live and mobile office gprs settings but in roaming it's not working.
Can u give some settings for use free airtel gprs for Andra pradesh region?
My sim card is in roaming from Bihar.

Hi,
I am from kerala n using nokia 5800 for net. I uses 13rs recharge for using net for free. The problem is when i recharged from kerala, mobile office activated for 3 days. But whn i do it frm outside kerala, ie frm tamilnadu, nop activated for 3days. Both plans are unlimited but i already config.d my opera mini n google maps with mobile office n when i starts these, they automatically selects it for conn. n charges. I changed conn. Type to nop in mob. Browser but i dont know how to change it in opera mini. Plz help me by saying how 2change conn. Type to nop in opera?

Hi,
I am using Samsung Monte (S5620) with Airtel connection. All applicaitons in the phone are working perfect on Airtel Mobile Office as AP except Google Maps. When I try to connect Google maps it says "data connection lost and says something like visit www.google.com/gmm/configure.html". I visited this location in vain. Google maps works perfect with Wifi.
Airetel customer service did not help me in this.. they just asked me to approach Samsung and Google.. thats easy isnt it....
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance

SIR,
I AM USING SAMSUNG CORBY MATE(GT-B3313) WITH AIRTEL SIM.
I CAN ACCESS GOOGLE MAP WITH AIRTEL LIVE SETTING BUT I CAN'T ACCESS IT WITH MOBILE OFFICE SETTING.
pls HELP ME ON WWW.MOHAMMEDNOMAN007@GMAIL.COM

Hi,
Thanks for your post. I have a problem though in activating MO. I have activated GPRS Rs 18/ 3 days package but I am not able to surf. I have tried sending MO to 54321 but received SMS back saying this service as not available and that I should call 12118. However, the latter number does not work. How do I receive the GPRS settings? Please let me know.
Tanmoy

I have bought a mini ard from air-tel, for my Ipad 3g, have inserted the card, swithed on cellur data "on", data roaming "on", then apn settings shows user name and password, left both empty as per your suggestion, but can find no proxy server.
how do i proceed to connect??? pl. help

I do have a mobile office plan, unfortunately, when I went to USA, I turned the cellular data off, as I had acess to wi-fi everywhere and the cellular would have been unnecessarily expensive, on coming back to Inda I switched off the wireless and kept cellur on but did not see thelogo of airtel as i should see when connected to cellular.
Now I removed the mini card and cleaned it and put it back and it is WORKING!!!, guess it got little askew, as they cut the card and it was not a mini card.
many thks for your prompt reply will keep in touch for future problems
best Regards
best Regards
anand badve

Hi,i m using LG set,GU285.I called 121 more than 4 times..i want to activate gprs in my mobile.i hav tried
Service name: MO
use proxy :off
access point:Mobile office and tried to swithoff and on again..
i hav also tried by making the proxy on, IP 202.56.231.117,port:8080,apn:Mobile office

You don't have to aneter anything in the proxy port.
Have a look at the article - it mentions everything.
Access point: airtelgprs.com, proxy, username, password should be all blank.
If you're still facing problems please contact customer care.

thanks fr ur help sathya,,but the thing is i , still facing the same probs... i m frustrated..it says connection failed..but i m getting a msg that usage made is 0.04MB ,39.06MB left ,valid upto oct 26,2011..

I activated the Rs.30/- NOP plan on my Airtel number thru *567# and then proceeded to use the internet. Shockingly, my balance was still being deducted. And that too around 20 bucks while i was just testing the connection. Called 12118, they had no answers so they referred me to the costumer care representatives at 198. The rep there had no answer as well and forwarded the call to a senior rep. And that guy jst repeatedly told me i had no settings installed even though I had received a msg on activation of NOP that the settings were already installed. The guy just disconnected without solving the problem. I just dnt knw what to do now!! I'm so frustrated!!
And this is the third time my balance has been deducted without any reason whatsoever- Rs.80/- once and Rs.24/- the second time around...

Dear sir
Now i am in gulf country and here my airtel sim is ready for call incomin and outgoing but my internet is not working her e i already recharge from india for 3g service for 50 days
i chq all settings in htc one phone but not working my internet so can u guide me for internet so pls mail me on my id and help me pls how can it working